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Show Tho femip anil AViiti-r. The Countess of Shaftesbury, who wns Sir Thomas f.lpton's guest at the yacht races, is n descendant of 11 noted English clergj mnn. Ijn.v bhuftesbury told nn Interesting slot, of this clergyman cler-gyman to n woman reporter one nfternoon nfter-noon In Now York. "My grent uncle," she said, "had two peculiarities. One was an ungovern-nblo ungovern-nblo temper; the other n curiously rntlocinutlve habit of mind, manifested manifest-ed by a trick ho had of beginning everything ho said with the words, 'Hero there Is a distinction.' "At n dinner pnrty one evening my grent-uncle oveihenrd Ids host telling a beautiful young lady or his trick of saying always, 'Hero I mako a distinction. dis-tinction. Tho host said bo would amuse tho young lady by making my gtent-uncle say, 'Hero I make u distinction,' dis-tinction,' nil through the evening. "Of course at tills my great-uncle's blood boiled. Ills naturally violent temper was redoubled. Ho got ready for his host. Tho latter, ns soon ns tho soup came on, winked nt the young girl. Then he snld to my distinguished relative: "'You nre n clergyman; tell mo If It Is lawful to bnptizo with soup.' "My great-uncle smiled grimly 'Here,' ho said, I make a distinction' At thnt everybody roared. He paused till they were quiet. Then he went on: " 'You nsk 1110 If It Is lawful to baptize bap-tize with soup. I answer, In soup In general, no; but In soup like yours, yes; for between this soup nnd wnter there Is not tho slightest difference.' "Then my gront-unele winked nt the pretty young girl, nnd she smiled nt him with nppronntion. Thnt night he was teosed no more." |